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CHIEF-OF-STAFF5 MIN READ

Sort Staff Work by Urgency and Importance

Classify chief-of-staff work into urgency/importance buckets and choose the right route.

Sort each chief-of-staff request into the route it deserves. Do now: urgent and important Schedule: important not urgent Delegate or batch: urgent not important Decline or park: neither Correct an inaccurate board metric before the packet closes in one hour. Join a customer escalation where renewal risk depends on an executive decision today. Draft the operating model memo for next quarter strategy choices. Map succession risk for two senior roles before the next quarterly review. Polish all-hands wording that Comms can handle with one approval checkpoint. Answer a vendor scheduling email that only needs a standard template. Capture a CEO…

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